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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fred get to cook in Chapter 17?
(a) Eggs and ham.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Eggs and cheese.
(d) Bread and ham.

2. In Chapter 25, who goes up to the McCullough house first?
(a) Alice.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Izzy.
(d) Beth.

3. When is Clem McCullough's body found?
(a) Way into April.
(b) End of April.
(c) April 24.
(d) April 9.

4. In Chapter 17, how many books do Fred and Alice manage to save?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 3/4.
(d) All.

5. What day of the week is it in Chapter 26?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Nancy Stone say in Chapter 24 that it has been since her sister left her bed?

2. Where does Beth travel to at the end of Chapter 28?

3. In Chapter 27, what do Alice and Fred drink as she prepares to leave town?

4. During the flood last year, how high was a cow found in a tree?

5. In Chapter 20, how much time does the jailer allow Alice to bring Margery fresh clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 25, what does Kathleen try to remind Verna McCullough that they did together as girls?

2. In Chapter 26, where does Alice go before the trial begins and what does she take with her?

3. What does Bennett tell Alice in Chapter 24 and why?

4. Where does Sven go in Chapter 23?

5. How does it rain in Chapter 16?

6. What is it like in jail for Margery?

7. How are some people responding to Margery's arrest in Chapter 20?

8. How does Margery realize that Van Cleve is responsible for the flooding?

9. How and when does Alice realize that Margery is pregnant?

10. What does the coroner's inquest find when McCullough's body is examined?

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